Author: FOSSIER, ROBERT
Title: The Cambridge illustrated history of the middle ages I: 350-950/ edited by Robert Fossier ; translated by Janet Sondheimer
Description: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press 1997. Fourth Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered.Edition; Reprint. Physical description; 556 pages : ill. (some col.). maps ; 26 cm. Summary; This volume forms the first part of one of the finest general introductions to the medieval world of recent times. Lavishly illustrated. with numerous accompanying maps and charts. each of the three volumes presents a synthesis of scholarly research and interpretation. translated from the original French and revised thoroughly for an English speaking readership. Volume I spans the beginning of the Middle Ages. a period marked not only by change. plague and civil strife but also by the rise of the Church. the growing importance of Byzantium and the flowering of the Carologian Renaissance. Full coverage is given to East and West. and their artistic heritage is displayed in many of the colour plates. A bibliography is appended as an aid to further investigation. whether by the general reader or by teachers and students of the period. The two further volumes. on (950-1250) and on (1250-1520). are also available. Subjects; Civilization. Medieval. European history: (c. 350-950). Europe. History / Medieval. History / Europe / General. Genre; Illustrated. ISBN: 0521266440. Weight in Kg appr.:

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